Bruce Cockburn In The Falling Dark Lyrics

In The Falling Dark Lyrics

And the lights lie tumbled out like gems

The moon is nothing but a
toothless grin

Floating out on the evening wind

The smell of sweat
and lube oil pervades the night

And the rush of life in flight at the
speed of light 



A million footsteps whispering

A guitar
sounds -- some voices sing

Smoke on the breeze -- eyes that sting

Far in the east a yellow cloud bank climbs

Stretching away to be part
of tomorrow's time 



Earthbound while everything expands

So
many grains of sand

Slipping from hand to hand

Catching the light
and falling into dark

The world fades out like an overheard remark

In the falling dark 



Light pours from a million radiant
lives

Off of kids and dogs and the hard-shelled husbands and wives

All that glory shining around and we're all caught taking a dive

And
all the beasts of the hills around shout, "such a waste!

Don't you know
that from the first to the last we're all one in the gift of grace!"